Beyond Tips and Sunscreen : Exploring Tourist-Host Encounters through Communication, Culture and Identity

Language: English

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

3639080807 / 9783639080803

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book explores the sociocultural impacts oftourism in San Pedro, Belize by paying specialattention to identity construction of tourists andhosts. This is achieved through a qualitative studythat analyzes narratives gathered through formal andinformal interviews and contextualized by participantobservation. By utilizing a communicativeconceptualization of identity and interculturaltheorizing, light is shed on the complex negotiationprocess that tourists and hosts employ when makingsense of their experiences, themselves and othersthrough talk. The author demonstrates that the roleof communication and the level of adaptation arecentral to satisfactory outcomes for these(intercultural) tourist-host encounters. She alsoillustrates the disparate ways tourists and hostsconstruct identity and negotiate the presence oftourists on the community. By incorporating criticalnotions of history and power, our understanding isenhanced of problematic tourist communication styles;hosts preference for tourists adaptation; andcommunicative strategies tourists utilized toreconcile differences in privilege. Finally,practical advice based on these findings is provided.…

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Title
Beyond Tips and Sunscreen : Exploring Tourist-Host Encounters through Communication, Culture and Identity
Author
Sundae Schneider-Bean
Publisher
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Publication year
2008
Condition
Neu
Binding
Taschenbuch
Language
English
ISBN 10
3639080807
ISBN 13
9783639080803
Item weight
302 grams
Dimensions
220x176x33 mm

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